River Trip #2 Cornish Park, Algonquin to Fox River Shores Forest Preserve Boat Ramp - 3.5 miles This season’s first river trip starts out easy with the shortest trip of the series. After a brief paddling skills review and safety talk, we’ll put in from Cornish Park. We'll start out paddling in shallow water with ... Read more

River Trip #3 Carpentersville Dam to Voyageur’s Landing, Elgin – 3.85 miles This trip begins just downstream of the Carpentersville Dam.  We’ll paddle through the pleasant urban corridor of Carpentersville and East and West Dundee. For the last mile or so of the trip the river broadens out as it begins to pool above the ... Read more

Canoe Trip #4 Carpentersville Dam to Voyageur’s Landing, Elgin – 3.85 miles This trip begins just downstream of the Carpentersville Dam.  We’ll paddle through the pleasant urban corridor of Carpentersville and East and West Dundee. For the last mile or so of the trip the river broadens out as it begins to pool above the ... Read more